Abuse Victim's Family Sues Sheriff's Office

Posted on Aug 21, 2012 12:00am PDT

The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office wasn’t expressly responsibly
for young Sabrina Morrison’s injuries, but her family claims that
the sexual abuse could have been prevented at the sheriff’s office
taken pains to arrest the offender. According to their claim, the Morrison’s
presented clear physical evidence of sexual assault five years before
the Sheriff’s office chose to arrest Patrick Morrison. This man
had been sexually abusing Sabrina, a child with developmental challenges.
Sabrina’s family argues that they could have prevented some of the
assaults had Patrick been taken to prison earlier. The offender has already
pleaded guilty to three counts of child molestation. He will be sentenced
for his crimes next month.

Sabrina’s family is passionate about exposing the mishandling of
sex-crime cases at the Maricopa County Sherriff’s Office. The office
was forced to reexamine 432 cases after officials found that the agency
was hiding many of the allegations and refusing to deal with the issues.
Patrick was found out after Sabrina admitted that she was sexually assaulted
to her middle-school counselor. The Sherriff’s and deputies in the
area went to the Morrison home and did an investigation, in which they
didn’t find any hard evidence. Still, they took various items to
a lab for testing. The case was closed for five years, and the Morrison
family continued to allow Patrick to live on their property. It wasn’t
until June 2011 that the case was reopened.

At this point, Sabrina had been repeatedly molested by her uncle. The family
was outraged that this had happened, and believe that the level of psychic
pain she has had to bear is unforgivable. They want to Sheriff’s
Department to provide compensation which they will use to help comfort
Sabrina after years of trauma. Talk to a personal injury lawyer at the
Knowles Law Firm if you are a victim of
sexual abuse and want compensation from your offender or a negligent third party. We
are here to help you receive the financial aid you deserve after a devastating
experience.

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